Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Holywell

Holywell, township and vil., Earsdon par., S. Northumberland, 4½ miles NW. of North Shields, 1376 ac., pop. 2231; P.O.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place: Holywell

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